Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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There was a great scraping as the chain tore at the keel.
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Then the galley, half on the chain and half off, moved eccentrically, teetering, like a ship caught on a bar, stranded and buffeted, assailed by conflicting currents.
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"Out oars!" called Callimachus.
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"Ready!" We saw another galley from the west, too, its prow high, speeding toward the chain.
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The first galley, its oars stroking, slashing at the Vosk, its hull twisting, careened forward and to the side.
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"It will clear the chain!" I cried.
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"Two points to port!" cried Callimachus.
There was a great scraping as the chain tore at the keel.
Then the galley, half on the chain and half off, moved eccentrically, teetering, like a ship caught on a bar, stranded and buffeted, assailed by conflicting currents.
"Out oars!" called Callimachus.
"Ready!" We saw another galley from the west, too, its prow high, speeding toward the chain.
The first galley, its oars stroking, slashing at the Vosk, its hull twisting, careened forward and to the side.
"It will clear the chain!" I cried.
"Two points to port!" cried Callimachus.
- (Guardsman of Gor, Chapter )